Hereth Block and the Alps Cafe, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1973
| Description: |
Brick Italianate style building on the southwest corner of North Delaware and Court Streets. Handwritten on the slide frame is North Delaware - opposite CC [City-County] bldg. Signs are seen for the Alps Cafe (a gay bar); the office (Law?) of Lawrence Cannon, Thomas McNulty, and Mike Gregory; and the First Building Corporation. The right portion of the building is empty and in disrepair with broken out windows; signs painted on the front and side of the building shows it was once a hardware and linoleum shop with a jewelery store upstairs.The building was constructed in 1866 for saddler John C. Hereth. It was threatened with demolition in 1966, but was later renovated. |
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| Origin: | 1973, circa |
| Created By: |
Wetzel, Paul W., 1907-2000 |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/BBE4E2F0-91DF-4944-A5C2-324063161436 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
20-22 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States 39.767625,-86.154606 |
| Subjects: |
Paul W. Wetzel Collection Buildings Restaurants Italianate Indianapolis (Ind.) Marion County (Ind.) |
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